Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 lower except 600-650 lbs steers sold 2.00 higher and heifers 500-650 lbs sold steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.21/cwt on 1,581 head.

Average price

$189.21

1,581 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	189.45	1,115	1,536
Medium and Large 1-2	486	181.16	880	45

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,581 hd

189.21

—

NE average7 barns · 14,300 hd

186.58

+2.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	398	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	744	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	506	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	911	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	600	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,068	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	167.53/cwt	163.00–171.50	967	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	651	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	990	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	932	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	591	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	987	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	170.54/cwt	165.50–176.50	1,141	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	713	164.63/cwt	159.50–167.50	1,174	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	217.71/cwt	212.00–221.00	832	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	785	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	222.08/cwt	216.00–226.00	913	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,456	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,019	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	304	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	632	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	185.25/cwt	179.00–189.00	1,063	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	202.48/cwt	202.00–203.00	956	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	180.41/cwt	171.00–182.50	1,137	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	196.60/cwt	190.00–201.50	1,052	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	363	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	878	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	171.53/cwt	171.00–172.50	926	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	164.55/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,084	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,209	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	178.07/cwt	176.00–181.00	865	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	179.15/cwt	170.50–180.50	779	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	181.14/cwt	179.00–181.50	619	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	173.34/cwt	166.50–177.50	905	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.92/cwt	163.00–169.00	786	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	199.29/cwt	198.00–201.50	1,112	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	273	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,570	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	603	169.70/cwt	169.25–170.50	1,023	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	706	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	160.22/cwt	155.00–165.00	995	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	718	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	154.13/cwt	153.00–157.75	1,355	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	949	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	187.37/cwt	186.00–188.00	961	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,074	64

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Dec 4, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,284Last week 4,760Year ago 2,891

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 lower except 600-650 lbs steers sold 2.00 higher and heifers 500-650 lbs sold steady. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	398	187.00	187.00
28	—	506	180.00	180.00
72	—	600	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	577	163.00–171.50	167.53
179	—	659	161.00–168.00	164.55
26	—	757	159.75	159.75
6	—	950	150.50	150.50
86	—	486	176.00–181.00	178.07
168	—	435	170.50–180.50	179.15
346	—	522	166.50–177.50	173.34
136	—	621	155.00–165.00	160.22
85	—	879	153.00–157.75	154.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	651	152.00	152.00
30	—	615	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	167.00	167.00
34	—	342	179.00–181.50	181.14
7	—	806	148.00	148.00
39	—	474	163.00–169.00	165.92
7	—	383	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	273	575.00	575.00
114	—	603	169.25–170.50	169.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	706	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	591	167.00	167.00
14	—	304	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	669	165.50–176.50	170.54
16	—	382	212.00–221.00	217.71
39	—	411	216.00–226.00	222.08
64	—	893	163.00	163.00
146	—	574	179.00–189.00	185.25
42	—	472	202.00–203.00	202.48
136	—	630	171.00–182.50	180.41
166	—	535	190.00–201.50	196.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	713	159.50–167.50	164.63
7	—	785	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	473	215.50	215.50
38	—	363	242.00	242.00
170	—	558	198.00–201.50	199.29
18	—	411	231.00	231.00
79	—	625	185.00	185.00
64	—	511	210.25	210.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	540	171.00–172.50	171.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	153.00	153.00
47	—	513	186.00–188.00	187.37

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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